The Emergent University,1860 - 1920

Lecture # 10February 24, 2014

Alma Mater/McCaughey

Proliferation of Institutional Types<1860 - 1920

• Liberal Arts Colleges for Men• Liberal Arts Women’s Colleges• Black Colleges• Technology-centered Institutions• More law and medical schools• Normal schools• Research/Graduate Universities

Basic US Demographic Data, 1870-1920  1870 1890 1920  US Population 40,000,00

063,000,00

0106,000,0

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  # Colleges/Univs.

563 1000 1000

Faculty 5,500 16,000 49,000 Enrollments 63,000 157,000 600,000 Enrlmts/Inst’n 112

enrlmts157

enrlmts600

enrlmts

  % 18-24 year olds

1.3% 1.8% 4.7%

% Women 21% 36% 47%   BA/BS degrees 9,400 27,000 49,000 PhDs 1 149 600  

Charles William Eliot, chemist, 21st president of Harvard University (1869-1909)

Noah Porter, philosopher, president of Yale College (1871-1886)

Ezra Cornell (1807-1874), founding benefactor of Cornell University (1865)

Andrew Dickson White, historian, Ist president of Cornell University 1865-1885s

Johns Hopkins (1793-1873), founding benefactor of Johns Hopkins University (1876)

Daniel Coit Gilman, geographer, Ist president of Johns Hopkins University (1876-1903)

Leland Stanford (1824-93), founder of Leland Stanford, Jr., University

David Starr Jordan, ichthyologist, founding president of Stanford University (1891-1913)

John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937), founding benefactor of the University of Chicago (1891)

William Rainey Harper, Hebrew classicist, Ist president of University of Chicago (1891-1906)